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Chapter 659 - 658: Game Continues—Game Over

In Mu Qiu’s understanding, Li Yang not only doesn’t have this kind of mind, but he always stays as far away from the female guests as possible.

There was no time for him to be alone with Zhao Yu at all.

She was utterly bewildered, squatting down to grab Zhao Yu’s legs, smiling sinisterly at her.

Actually, Mu Qiu wasn’t that angry, after all, the winner was also her teammate, and when it finally counted towards the fixed guests, she was equivalent to the first prize.

And she still has Cheng Zhirang accompanying her.

But firstly, the betrayal came so silently that she didn’t have any defenses at all, and secondly, she was completely unaware of Zhao Yu’s closeness to others, filled with questions about how Zhao Yu got Li Yang’s 902 card.

She must press her to find out.

"Tell me, how did you get the 902 card? After finding 096, right? But by that time Li Yang was already out."

What can be certain is, if someone intentionally gave Zhao Yu the 902 card, it should be after the fifth card 096 was activated.

Because only knowing the fifth card is 096—a killer card that gets someone out at a glance—would they think of using other cards to ’peach substituting for plum,’ and finally using 096 for a desperate counterattack.

And the whole process must be very careful, the one handing Zhao Yu the card must thoroughly assess what type of person could execute ’peach substituting for plum’ well.

That would surely be choosing someone who still has teammates.

So it’s just down to her and Zhao Yu. Zhao Yu got the card, and when they were close together, intentionally slipped 902 as 096 to her.

And because of 096’s properties, she couldn’t take a look to identify, and with trust between teammates, while Cheng Zhirang and Chu Qiu were eyeing them lasciviously, she couldn’t identify either, and directly treated it as 096.

If only she had mahjong-tile fingertips, a little more cautiousness, Zhao Yu couldn’t have succeeded.

And yet... Despite all odds, they were avoided.

This shows Zhao Yu is also quite shrewd.

Processing the analysis in her mind for just a moment, Mu Qiu pulled her leg a bit closer, her black and white eyes slightly narrowed, and gave two guessing options directly:

"Was it Sister Shu Ran? Or Chu Qiu? It was Chu Qiu, right?"

Zhao Yu: "Do you look down on Sister Shu Ran?"

"...Alright, confirmed, it must be Chu Qiu. When did he give it to you?"

Zhao Yu stubbornly replied: "Can’t I have picked it up myself? 096 can be left on the road for us to pick up, why can’t Li Yang’s card?"

Mu Qiu stared at her face, waited until she finished, then concluded: "Hmm, it was given by Chu Qiu."

"......" Being too familiar also isn’t good, can’t even deceive.

Cheng Zhirang was standing behind them, listening to their conversation, sorting out the situation he didn’t understand.

Meanwhile, he was surprised at the level of understanding these two ladies had of each other.

Trust and tacit understanding take a long time to build, and it’s not certain if friends can maintain it for such a long time.

He didn’t have friends with this kind of tacit understanding.

While his mind wandered, a sound of footsteps came from outside the fast-food restaurant.

The three of them turned simultaneously to look.

Leading were two impossibly tall... things?

Completely made up in pale skeletal makeup, probably wearing special white contact lenses, without clothes and hair, just bald and skinny down to the bone-like skeletal humanoids.

SCP-096, the shy one. Usually docile, but once someone sees it, through any means—its image, photo, etc.—it will enter a state of extreme sadness, scream and cry, then within one to two minutes, break through all obstacles to kill that person.

Breaking through all obstacles refers to the fact that no existing materials can obstruct its advance.

The way of identifying people is somewhat like SCP-049, they can perform rapid sniping no matter where the person is.

Compared to 049, 096 is scarier in that... It looks more terrifying.

Even after having familiarized herself with 096’s appearance, Mu Qiu never quite dared to look directly. Not to mention the show group had prepared two such eerily lifelike 096 impersonations.

She swallowed, took two steps back, then quickly pulled out 049.

"Make them go back first! I’m going to revive myself!"

She still has two resurrection opportunities! She hasn’t lost yet!

Sitting on the ground, Zhao Yu paused.

She almost forgot, Mu Qiu, being a Purifier, still had two resurrection opportunities. Plus, once she’s revived this time, using 096 on her might not work, just close her eyes, and no card could threaten her.

Tsk, this certainly is tricky.

The two 096s who’d just reached the door didn’t expect this person to be so cunning, waiting until they’re both close to say she’ll revive, monsters are annoyed.

They’d just stepped inside the door, now have to retreat again, walking on stilts is tiring, alright!

One of the 096 bent down to exit the fast food restaurant, scaring the crowd outside away again.

Then the "clearly stated as the last time for voice activation" electronic sound came back for overtime.

"Mu Qiu resurrects! Mu Qiu resurrects! Mu Qiu resurrects!"

"Beep—game continues!"

The countdown began again.

The crowd outside: "???"

A few who bet on Mu Qiu’s win were all excited.

Guan Yu: "Right! She still has resurrection chances! Now it’s really uncertain who wins!"

She might win a round, get herself an extra meal at dinner!

Guo Yin and the others were quite happy too, Shi Yuhuai frowned earlier now relaxed, displaying a satisfied grin of "there’s still a chance to eat someone else’s dish."

Only Li Yang and the others, sighing one after another.

"Whether you guys have hope to bet and win or not, I don’t know, anyway we have no hope."

Cheng Zhirang no longer has resurrection chances, out is out.

After sighing, they poked their heads out like dominoes.

Only one monster came out; there’s another inside, it’s their turn.

In the fast food restaurant, as soon as the electronic sound announcing resurrection came out, Mu Qiu first closed her eyes.

Zhao Yu kept watching her, seeing her close her eyes, also tightly closed her eyes, holding onto a nearby chair without moving.

The remaining terrifying creature, covered Cheng Zhirang’s mouth, dragged him out.

Cheng Zhirang cooperated completely, didn’t resist, just followed out.

The two "living people" inside both had their eyes closed, unaware of what was happening, only hearing the sound fading away, realizing Cheng Zhirang should’ve been taken away, only then cautiously opened a slit in their eyes.

No one left.

Mu Qiu raised a hand to tie her hair, maintaining the eye-closed posture, turned to face Zhao Yu’s direction saying: "Come on, son, let’s get this over quickly, I’m almost starv...."

"Mu Qiu is out! Mu Qiu is out! Mu Qiu is out!"

"Beep—game over! All guests please return to the ruins entrance!"

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I posted pictures and introductions of 096 on Weibo, those who aren’t afraid can go have a look/dog head.

Since this episode of the show is ending, I simply put all five monsters up for introduction at once, anyone interested in this somewhat mysterious monster literature can check my Weibo.

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